ArticleJournal of clinical and translational science2020
Charting the life course: Emerging opportunities to advance scientific approaches using life course research.
Article in Journal of clinical and translational science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Data Resource Profile: Cheeloo Lifespan Electronic-health reseArch Data-library (Cheeloo LEAD).International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Associations between adverse childhood experiences and family health in adulthood: a national cross-sectional analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Embedding ethics into Genomics England's Generation Study.BMJ open · 2026Review
- Variations in adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes among Latin American and Caribbean-Born birthing people by region of origin, California birth cohort, 2007-2020.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Improving child health through Big Data and data science.Pediatric research · 2023Review
- Family Health Development in Life Course Research: A Scoping Review of Family Functioning Measures.Pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Life course research embraces the complexity of health and disease development, tackling the extensive interactions between genetics and environment. This interdisciplinary blueprint, or theoretical framework, offers a structure for research ideas and specifies relationships between related factors. Traditionally, methodological approaches attempt to reduce the complexity of these dynamic interactions and decompose health into component parts, ignoring the complex reciprocal interaction of factors that shape health over time. New methods that match the epistemological foundation of the life course framework are needed to fully explore adaptive, multilevel, and reciprocal interactions between individuals and their environment. The focus of this article is to (1) delineate the differences between lifespan and life course research, (2) articulate the importance of complex systems science as a methodological framework in the life course research toolbox to guide our research questions, (3) raise key questions that can be asked within the clinical and translational science domain utilizing this framework, and (4) provide recommendations for life course research implementation, charting the way forward. Recent advances in computational analytics, computer science, and data collection could be used to approximate, measure, and analyze the intertwining and dynamic nature of genetic and environmental factors involved in health development.
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